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North Pole, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Spirit Lake-Athol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83801. It lies near Eightmile Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Athol quadrangle. It stands 2,392 feet above sea level.

North Pole within Kootenai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of North Pole between 1992 and 2020, burning about 316 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2011Smokingunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEAST OHIO MATCH
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsARTHUR ROAD
27 September 2000Debris and open burning2.5 acresIdaho Department of LandsBOHN PILE
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEL DORADO
20 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsALICE CT 09
16 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLONE MOUNTAIN
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresIdaho Department of LandsIDITAROD
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGARWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of North Pole: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chilco Moly DepositMolybdenumProspect
Gish PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Kootenai County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Corbin Junction1.5 miles16
Chilco2.8 miles17
Athol3.5 miles16
Ramsey4.5 miles15
Wright (historical)5.3 miles16
Garwood5.3 miles15
Belmont5.6 miles16
Twinlow6.3 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q7056392The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 387833. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.